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THE SPIDERWORT FAMILY. 



Virginian Spiderwort. Tradescantia virginica. North 

 America. Herbaceous perennial ; i to 2 feet ; blue ; 

 summer; seed or division. — Naturalization on the low- 

 fringes of shrubberies, on low banks, rocky places, or 

 slopes where there is a heavy soil or otherwise, or on 

 level, wet, cold ground, or in bogs. There are several 

 varieties, all equally free and hardy in the worst and 

 coldest ground. 



THE AROID FAMILY. 



Aquatic Orontium. Orontium aquaticum. North 

 America. Aquatic; 10 to 18 inches; striped; early 

 summer; seed or division. — Margins of ponds and 

 fountain basins, in rich soil, and kept apart from coarse 

 aquatic plants. 



Ethiopian Lily. Calla cethiopica. South Africa. 

 Aquatic ; a to 3 feet ; white ; early summer ; seed or 

 division. — Ponds and foimtain basins in warm districts. 



Marsh Calla. Calla palustris. North America. 

 Aquatic ; 6 to 9 inches ; white ; summer ; division. — ^Wet 

 muddy soil on margins of ponds, in shallow water, or in 

 bogs and marshy places. 



Common Bragon Arum. Arum Draamculus. 

 Southern Europe. Tuber ; i to 1 5 feet ; brown ; summer ; 

 division. — Among shrubs on the sunny side of walls or 

 banks, preferring a warm sandy soil. 



Hairy-sheathed Arum. Arum crinitum. Minorca. 

 I to a feet ; brown ; spring ; division. — ^Warm spots on 



